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Steam Engine
The invention of the steam engine was revolutionary for its time. This invention lead to the creation of the steam locomotive and the steamboat. -
3/5 Compromise
A compromise was made between the northern and southern states that a slave would be counted at 3/5 of a person. -
Shays' Rebellion
Shays' rebellion was an uprising in Massachusetts. Daniel Shays, who was a war veteran, experianced financial difficulties due to the government after he left the war. -
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin made the procces of removing the seeds out of the cotton plant extremly simple. This invention increased cotton productoin and made the slaves' jobs easier. -
Telegraph
The electric telegraph is a now outdated communication system that transmitted electric signals over wires from location to location that translated into a message. It was used to communicate between long distances. -
Washington's Farewell Address
Before leaving his term as president, Washington gives a speech regarding how the country should handle itself. Washington's farewell address was Washington's way of making sure that America could still thirve. -
Election of 1796
The presidention election of 1796 was the first contested American election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing sides. -
Election of 1800
The electtoin of 1800 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was a hard-fought campaign. Both sides believed that victory by the other would ruin the nation. -
Louisiana Purchase
France sold 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River to the U.S at five cents an acre( about $238 million in todays dollars). -
Lewis and Clark's Journey
After the Louisiana purchase, Lewis and Clark were sent on a great expedition to explore the land. -
Embargo Act
Jefferson's response to the British impressment was the Embargo Act that shut off all use of US ports. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act that would let him recieve the land that the indians had while they would walk onto disclosed reservations. This act caused the Trail of Tears. -
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that wasa major recession that lasted until the 1840s. Profits, prices and wages went down while unemployment went up. -
The American Civil War
The Civil War between the northern and southern states, regarding their conflicting opinoins on slavery, began on April 12 1861. The Union and Confederate forces fought against each other for several years untill the Confederates finally surrendered. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad was conected the U.S from San Fransisco Bay all the way to Iowa. It was the first country-crossing railroad ever made in the U.S and was an extremly revolutionary piece.
